.TH MKDIR 1 "GNU File Utilities" "FSF" \" -*- nroff -*-
.SH NAME
mkdir \- make directories
.SH SYNOPSIS
.B mkdir
[\-p] [\-m mode] [\-\-parents] [\-\-mode=mode] [\-\-help] [\-\-version] dir...
.SH DESCRIPTION
This documentation is no longer being maintained and may be inaccurate
or incomplete.  The Texinfo documentation is now the authoritative source.
.PP
This manual page
documents the GNU version of
.BR mkdir .
.B mkdir
creates a directory with each given name.  By default, the mode of
created directories is 0777 minus the bits set in the umask.
.SS OPTIONS
.TP
.I "\-m, \-\-mode mode"
Set the mode of created directories to
.IR mode ,
which is symbolic as in chmod and uses the default mode as the point of
departure.
.TP
.I "\-p, \-\-parents"
Ensure that each given directory exists.  Create any missing parent
directories for each argument.  Parent directories default to the
umask modified by `u+wx'.  Do not consider an argument directory that
already exists to be an error.
.TP
.I "\-\-help"
Print a usage message on standard output and exit successfully.
.TP
.I "\-\-version"
Print version information on standard output then exit successfully.
